Lourdes Nursing Home in Waterford named among best nursing care facilities in nation

WATERFORD TWP. -- Lourdes Nursing Home has been named one of the nation's best care facilities by U.S. News & World Report.

The data determining the honor for the 108-bed facility comes from Nursing Home Compare, a website operated by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The agency sets and enforces standards for nursing homes enrolled in Medicare or Medicaid.

CMS also collects information from states and individual homes and assigns each home a rating of one to five stars in each of three categories: State-conducted health inspections; nursing and physical therapy staffing, and quality of medical care. Lourdes Nursing Home received five stars, the highest rating.

"We are delighted and proud to receive this honor," said Sister Maureen Comer, OP, chief executive officer of Lourdes Senior Community, which in addition to the Nursing Home includes Fox Manor on the Lake (independent living), Mendelson Home (assisted living) and Clausen Manor (memory care).

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"This is a tribute to the dedication and hard work of our staff, who provide loving and outstanding care to our residents, and to the Nursing Home administrator, Shela Myrick."

An estimated 3.3 million Americans will live in the nation's nearly 16,000 nursing homes during 2013. That translates to 1 in 7 people ages 65 and older, and more than 1 in 5 of those 85 and older.

Lourdes Senior Community, with 33 acres on the shores of Scott Lake in Waterford, is home to more than 250 seniors in its four buildings. Sponsored by the Dominican Sisters of Peace, formerly the Dominican Sisters of Oxford, Lourdes has been serving seniors since 1948 with four core values: dignity, service, compassion and spirituality, regardless of race, color, creed or religion.